Wolffia globosa-Mankai Plant-Based Protein Contains Bioactive Vitamin B12 and Is Well Absorbed in Humans

BACKGROUND: Rare plants that contain corrinoid compounds mostly comprise cobalamin analogues, which may compete with cobalamin (vitamin B12 (B12)) metabolism. We examined the presence of B12 in a cultivated strain of an aquatic plant: Wolffia globosa (Mankai), and predicted functional pathways using gut-bioreactor, and the effects of long-term Mankai consumption as a partial meat substitute, on serum B12 concentrations.

METHODS: We used microbiological assay, liquid-chromatography/electrospray-ionization-tandem-mass-spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), and anoxic bioreactors for the B12 experiments. We explored the effect of a green Mediterranean/low-meat diet, containing 100 g of frozen Mankai shake/day, on serum B12 levels during the 18-month DIRECT-PLUS (ID:NCT03020186) weight-loss trial, compared with control and Mediterranean diet groups.

RESULTS: The B12 content of Mankai was consistent at different seasons (p = 0.76). Several cobalamin congeners (Hydroxocobalamin(OH-B12); 5-deoxyadenosylcobalamin(Ado-B12); methylcobalamin(Me-B12); cyanocobalamin(CN-B12)) were identified in Mankai extracts, whereas no pseudo B12 was detected. A higher abundance of 16S-rRNA gene amplicon sequences associated with a genome containing a KEGG ortholog involved in microbial B12 metabolism were observed, compared with control bioreactors that lacked Mankai. Following the DIRECT-PLUS intervention (n = 294 participants; retention-rate = 89%; baseline B12 = 420.5 ± 187.8 pg/mL), serum B12 increased by 5.2% in control, 9.9% in Mediterranean, and 15.4% in Mankai-containing green Mediterranean/low-meat diets (p = 0.025 between extreme groups).

CONCLUSIONS: Mankai plant contains bioactive B12 compounds and could serve as a B12 plant-based food source.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Nutrients - 12(2020), 10 vom: 08. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sela, Ilan [VerfasserIn]
Yaskolka Meir, Anat [VerfasserIn]
Brandis, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Krajmalnik-Brown, Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Zeibich, Lydia [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Debbie [VerfasserIn]
Dirks, Blake [VerfasserIn]
Tsaban, Gal [VerfasserIn]
Kaplan, Alon [VerfasserIn]
Rinott, Ehud [VerfasserIn]
Zelicha, Hila [VerfasserIn]
Arinos, Shira [VerfasserIn]
Ceglarek, Uta [VerfasserIn]
Isermann, Berend [VerfasserIn]
Lapidot, Miri [VerfasserIn]
Green, Ralph [VerfasserIn]
Shai, Iris [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Flexitarians
Journal Article
P6YC3EG204
Plant Extracts
Plant Proteins
Plant-based nutrition
Randomized Controlled Trial
Sustainability
Vitamin B 12
Vitamin B12
Weight loss
Wolffia globosa

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 11.05.2021

Date Revised 11.05.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/nu12103067

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316195855